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melted

melted

1.0
To change from a solid into a liquid because of heat, like ice to water
  • adjective
  • /ˈmɛltɪd/
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  • Oh no, this is our bowl of melted chocolate.

Oh wow, look at that little melted chocolate in the middle.

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Examples

  • She poured the melted butter over the popcorn for added flavor.

  • It's room temperature, not melted and not cold from the fridge.

  • It almost looks like a melted string of gold around your neck.

  • Alfie's brilliant idea, and as you can see, it's melted nicely.

  • Let's go check on our peppermint melted shot glasses.

  • The ice cream had melted in the sun, creating a delicious puddle on the pavement.

  • After ten minutes in the microwave, the chocolate was completely melted.

Synonyms

molten
vsmelted
45 6.0

Become liquid when very hot, like lava or metal

uses heating at typical temperatures rather than extreme heat
liquefied
vsmelted
  • Specialized
1 4.5

Become a liquid when heated or put under pressure

changes to liquid mainly by heating rather than by pressure
liquified
vsmelted
4.3

Becomes liquid when heated or under pressure

changes into liquid mainly through heating rather than pressure

Antonyms

solid
  • Specialized
9 1.0

A firm form of matter that keeps its shape, not liquid

1 1.0

Covered with ice because of very cold weather

1 3.7

Still solid and not changed into liquid

How Melted

molten
45 6.0
melted
1.0
softened
3.3
solid
325 1.0

Surface Forms

melted positive

Morphology

melted = melt (transparent) = melt + ed

The adjective is the past-participle/adjectival form of the verb 'melt' formed with the regular suffix '-ed', so the meaning is directly derived from 'melt'.

Etymology

Melted comes from the old verb melt, which meant 'to make soft' or 'to flow'. So when something is melted, it has changed from hard to liquid, usually because of heat, like cheese on pizza or snow in the sun.